Friday, September 2, 2011

Not Your Typical Touchy-feely and Sharing Guy Shows

Date: September 2, 2011 05:52 EDT [09:52 Z]

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I read Where the Bros are: A Guide to TV's Top 10 Male Bonding Shows in July and thought it was okay. However, the list was built for the "Standard Viewer" in my opinion; 18 to 34 / 25 to 42.

The List in order ( * indicates I have watched the show more than 3 times; # indicates I have watched show at least once.):

Three # and Three * and Five never watched. I guess I want the story to be deeper. More guy and less weakness in the guy sharing department.

In the interest of full disclosure I am not a fan/watcher/follower of; medical drama, reality, contests, cartoons and anything with a laugh track. I am, however, big on; cop, spy, lawyer, comedy and procedural forms with solid writing. Alright, who just said the words, Arrogant & Elitist? The good thing about TV programming is choice. If one theme or format drives a viewer to insanity there is another viewer who thinks that same show is the best show on TV.

My Totally Biased Top ?? List of Tough Guys Sharing:

Runner Up: Happy Endings

Honorable Mention: NTSF:SD:SUV:: for being what it is. It is a 15 minute live-action spoof of procedural shows. A team of government agents fight terrorism in the San Diego area.

Cast (eps count order): June Diane Raphael as Piper Ferguson, Brandon Johnson as Alphonse, Kate Mulgrew as Kove, Paul Scheer as Trent Hauser, Rebecca Romijn as Jessie Nichols.

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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Ergonomic Writing Tool: This is not a sex toy.

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I saw this odd critter when my wife dumped her bag of Human Resources Conference give-a-ways on the table. For those folks who never attended such a conference it is an estrogen party, therefore, my question is not that crazy.

My question was, "They had a toy store booth on the vendor floor?" Naturally she looked at me with the what-the-fuck-are-you-talking-about look. Me being the gentleman I am, I picked up a little blue thing that looked kind of like ......

Now it was her turn to stare. Not at me but at the tool. "Oh My God, is that what I think it is? I don't know where it came from." I thought, "I am allowed to be confused because lights are off and with just window light it is easy to confuse the instruments - she has to be pulling my leg."

With all the tact I can fit in one statement I replied, "Right, and I wish I had the dildo booth over there too. With a 90% skirts to jockstraps ratio it is a windfall profit." (Close to what was said then. Darn memory) At that point it was laugh as if Robin Williams told the Viagra joke, me knocking over an empty wine bottle which made her laugh more. It was just one of those moments.

As composure set back in, she said with a total straight face, "You know, that does sound like it would work. Print company logos and whatever advertisements on them and it could pay for inventory." This is where I just stare, totally derailed; expected the you-are-full-of-sexist-shit-look. "Cool", I said.

Now that the comedy hour was over we actually tried to write with the damn thing. She said it was cute but not her kind of writing tool (Ok, she really said pen.) and gave it to me. I of course asked for batteries. Which got the eye roll instead of a comment. And that is the story of the "little blue pen that is not a rocket ship" and not the purple thing shown in the picture above.

Where do I go from here? I could pull the buzzer out of an old Beeper and wire it up in the "not Rocket" and make it a rock-it. No, that would lead to breaking who knows how many laws in some Baptist states. But it would be fun breaking those laws.

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

We React To Ads In Unplanned Ways: Fells Point Has Gone To The Tourists

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This is how Fells Point looked before the tourists took over. All the fun bars are gone, replaced with brand name restaurants, trendy shops and a hotel I never heard of.

The scruffy waterfront is postcard pretty to some but it is so packaged up for the sell, sell, sell I want to drop my wine bottle and vomit in the street. Damit I don't care about the "don't scare the horses visitors" rule.

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Present day: JFAC as one friend would say if he saw the current sanitized Fell Point. And before I forget I would like to thank the folks who put this editorial in my head.

First is http://adland.tv who posted an entry from http://workthatmatters.blogspot.com/ who in turn had an interesting commercial by a Fells Point area business.
Work That Matters: F'd Ad Fridays: Baltimore lingerie store ad turns ...: "It's awesome, in its own special way. Via Adrants"
---- Check it out because 1) it is a neat local ad, and 2) it should really be located down by the other business (see above image, Love Zone). In a more interesting time it would be and the place would be under sege by packs of college girls out for the weekend plus the so called biker chicks (Wife hates the term "property of" so I won't use it. It is just another stupid label. /derail)
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1. B is the location of the shop in the ad. Kind of off the tourist route.

2. A is about where Love Zone was located. It is a pizza shop now and you can look it up. The area is one clean-cut hog trough.

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So that is it. Amazing how a commercial can generate unintended reactions.
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Sunday, June 12, 2011

SXSW Video Brunch (now with fiber)

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Saturday, June 11, 2011

Can Hollywood Blame Everyone Except Management for Lost Jobs?

With a question like, Can Hollywood Blame Everyone Except Management for Lost Jobs?, as the title there should there be a punch line. Sorry no can do, every punch line I think of is a paragraph sized rant. On with the show.

With distractions like the MPAA campaign of disinformation, AFL-CIO: Digital Theft Hurts U.S. Workers which is about "Rogue Sites" and "Streaming Theft" taking away jobs. And while the MPAA was circling the wagons around PROTECT IP [ Video: Why The Act Is Bad ] as if it was Hollywood's job savior; employees in DVD products are getting laid off. This is not due to the myth of lost sales but because the movie industry has not marketed DVD products very well. The business model of treating DVD media products of all types as a cash cow without alternatives failed.

At this point I could overload this post with links to sites that link back to a site that has a paragraph describing DVD vs streaming a la Netflix or Amazon but that is your adventure. I am just making a point that the movie industry is seeing the fruits of its arrogance today. Here is the rundown of layoffs because of "declining DVD sales" due to pressure from streaming video.

June 8, 2011
Just because the movies seem to be working this summer and the flood of deals at Cannes indicated that the appetite has returned to the acquisitions business, that doesn't mean studios are immune to layoffs. Fox has become the fourth studio this week to lop staff. The studio has laid off 12 in home entertainment and 10 in IT. It's described as a minor realignment that occurred mostly in the analytics group for Fox Home Entertainment and the IT group that supports them.
June 10, 2011
deadline, EXCLUSIVE: That's about 1% of the Warner Bros' total domestic work force. When I asked about it, Warner Bros Entertainment issued this statement, “As part of the continual review of our business operations, Warner Bros. Entertainment will be undertaking limited staff reductions in our home entertainment and consumer products divisions. The total number of employees and positions impacted by these reductions is a relatively small percentage of our domestic workforce.”
June 6, 2011
Add Walt Disney Studios and Lionsgate to the companies laying off staff. Disney's will be roughly 5% largely in the distribution area with other areas impacted as well. Lionsgate laid off less than 20 people as part of a reorganization affecting home entertainment and service areas. And, Viacom No. 2 Phillippe Dauman said this about Paramount Pictures signalling what may be layoffs there: "As the home entertainment stream is challenged, fewer DVDs are being sold, so you have to review your home entertainment overhead. That's adjusting to the business model. We’re very focused on that. We continue to work on the overhead there."
June 2, 2011
deadline, UPDATE, 3:50 PM: The folks at Paramount say that we misunderstood Dauman. He wasn't trying to say that he plans to make cuts at home entertainment, they say. He was simply talking in general terms about being vigilant about all of Paramount's costs. That's not how it looks to me, but why don't you decide for yourself? Here's the transcript of Dauman's response to a question about how he might "improve Paramount's fortunes":

"There are some things you can control in the movie business…that is the overhead. It doesn't matter what movie you make. You can control that; that's money in the bank if you can do that. And we have continuously improved that part of it. You continually have to adjust. For example, as the home entertainment stream is challenged, fewer DVDs are being sold, so you have to review your home entertainment overhead. That's adjusting to the business model. We’re very focused on that. We continue to work on the overhead there."

Wanted to get this off my mind so I can watch tv: http://xfinitytv.comcast.net/full_episodes

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Internet Censorship Secret Planning Meeting (Vortex)

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This video is the result of boiling off all the lawmaker's fancy double talk and weasel words. What is left is the plan; naked with only raw power grabbing arrogance as a shirt. Watch from the"fly on the wall" perspective what is going on behind closed doors.. So, medicated worker bee, go for it or lose it - freedom.
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"Leaked video" of an Internet Censorship Secret Planning Meeting, aimed at stomping out free speech on the Net. More (serious!) information about Internet censorship via: http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000859.html
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

After School Video Special - Dessa of Doomtree: Music and Interviews [YT]

This piece is a YouTube playlist. The content belongs to the respective copyright holders and has been hunted down and assembled by The Cat's servant, 309nmBlonde. If by chance a video is the work of some immoral music jacking scumbag, I will narc on them to YT and remove it from the playlist. @fairuse (aka The Cat aka 309nmBlonde)

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16 videos
Total length: 1 hour, 2 minutes
Description: Just my play with the following:
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01 Introspection: Film - Iron Sky Teaser 3 - We Come In Peace [energia productions]
02 Dessa, Dixon's Girl - Doomtree
03 Dessa, Alibi - Doomtree
04 Dessa, Kites - KEXP radio
05 Dessa, Behind the Smile - Doomtree
06 Dessa, "Poor Atlas" - Doomtree
07 Dessa, Seamstress - KEXP radio
08 Dessa, Go Home - KEXP radio
09 Interview: An interview with Dessa, Seattle Show Gal
10 PSA-(k) People Should Already - (know): Miss Representation Trailer (2011 Sundance Film Festival Official Selection)
11 Dessa, The Chaconne - (89.3 The Current)
12 Album Track Interview: Dessa Darling of DoomTree Speaks Out...Album Badly Broken Code (Chacone & Children's Work) - Mr Davey D
13 Dessa, Into The Spin - Doomtree
14 Dessa, The Crow - Doomtree (via nerdsgethunk)
15 Dessa, Minshaft 2 - Doomtree (via infamoosic)
16 Epilogue: Film - Iron Sky teaser (720P HD) - Space nazis attack! [energia productions]
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Monday, April 11, 2011

Mashed Monday - Hello David Lynch

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Monday, April 4, 2011

Silver Bengal Kitten Eating [video of audio]

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Sunday, April 3, 2011

Things That Pis# Me Off: auto play audio/video on web sites

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The auto play of music, advertisements & video of any type is insane. Computers are powerful enough I can record audio and browse the internets. It is arrogant and impolite to blast browser audio all over a task with[out] user permission.

The solution, of course, is to buy a utility that shuts down all audio out from sources other than the one wanted.

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